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GONFEOTIONERS MELTING BATH.

No. 345,251. Patented-July 6, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIQE.

ADOLPH MUSER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEO GEISMAR, E

SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,251, dated July 6, 1886.

Application filed April 8, 1886.

To o, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH MUSER, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Confectioners Melting-Baths; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of'this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of steam-heated baths for the melting of chocolate and other confections without scorching or burning them.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts, their combination and operation, as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is an elevation showing the improved bath herein described. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the operating parts of the same. In the drawings, A is a tripod or other frame structure for supporting the operating parts, having a rim, a, at its upper end'for that purpose.

Bis a round-b0ttomed vessel,havingaflange, b, formed thereon to rest upon the rim of the supporting-frame, and also having an inward- 0 ly-projecting flange, 0, formed on its top edge. 0 is a smaller round-bottomed vessel, having a flange, f, formed thereon to rest upon the flange c of the vessel B.

D is a steam-pipe, one end communicating with a suitable steamsupply, and passes through the wall of the vessel B, where it forms a coil, E, and then passes out through the bottom of said vessel, below which it is provided with a cock or valve, F, by means of which the flow of steam is regulated.

Serial No. 198,214. (No model.)

In practice the vessel B is partially filled with water sufficiently to envelop thelower end of the vessel 0, which-may be porcelain-lined. The material to be melted must now be put into the vessel O,and steam is now leton,when 5 the water is so heated as to melt the niaterial in the vessel 0. The flow of the steam is regulated by the cock in the pipe below the vessel B. Should it be found necessary to retard somewhat the melting process, a reducer, U like those employed in reducing the boilingholes in stoves, may be laid upon the flange 0, so as to raise the vessel 0 more out of the water.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with the vessel B, having its steam-pipe and coil and flange c, as described, ot' the vertically-movable porcelainlined vessel 0, with its round bottom, and adapted to be raised or kept at a varying height as to the water-line by means of a reducer resting on the flange c, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the vessel 13, having flange c, and provided with steam-pipeD and coil E, oftheindependent removable porcelain-lined vessel 0, having flange f formed thereon,to rest on the flange c of the vessel B, substantially as described.

3. The combinatiomwith the tripod A,having rim (1, of the vessel B,having flange I) and inwardlyprojeeting flange c, steampipe D. coil E, and the independent vessel O,provided with flangef and handle F, substantially as shown and described.

ADOLPH MUSER.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SoULLY. 

